As many of you know, I have purchased a PNY 6800. My P4 2.4ghz is bottlenecking the card so it is running slower than i can. I am about to purchase a ASUS SE DELUXE motherboard and an AMD 3000+ along with 1 gb of PC3200. At the moment, I get an average of 40-80fps in cs:source and 50 to 180fps in COD. With this new system, will I be able to get 70-80fps constantly in cs:source. I know if will be a huge jump, but how huge? New System: AMD 64 3000+ ASUS SE DELUXE 1gb PC3200 80gb WD Hardrvie PNY 6800 Old System: P4 2.4ghz ABIT AI7 1gb PC2700 80gb wd hardrive RED

"ASUS SE DELUXE" Did you buy that board yet? It's an awfully expensive one & I believe the nForce3 250 is the better chipset for the S754 A64. Howz about of the these? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136147R http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128259R http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130457R And I don't know how good this AOpen board is, but have a look at the specs....6 ATA devices and/or 6 SATA? WOW! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813137052R Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8.5 x 200MHz 768MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro

"Howz about of the these?" Yikes! I meant, "how about one of these?" Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8.5 x 200MHz 768MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro

uh...is this the board/cpu deal for $100? Nevermind about the other boards then. That Asus board sells for over $100 alone... Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8.5 x 200MHz 768MB PC3200 2.5-3-3-7 Asus A9550GE/TD 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro

Assuming it's configured correctly, you should be able to hit at least 60fps avg in CS:S rather easily. Just be sure to load the newest VIA chipset and NVidia video drivers, and assuming your system isn't virus or adware/spyware infested, or you're not doing something stupid like watch a DVD movie on your computer while you game, your system should roll fine. "Republicans in Congress are moving to ratify a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning, thus ending the Iraq insurgency."

as heropsycho said you sould be able to hit 60+ on them specs.u might want to check:- 1)drivers are up-to-date. 2)No adware,spware. 3)No viruses 4)disc scan and defragg. All the best hope you get what you want outa ur rigg! Presscot 2.5g @ 533/133 2x256mb Samsung Pny geforce 6 6600 GT 40gb seagate HDD i845GE

its so easy to get 60fps in cs:s, i get 99 fps now, average above 80fps, never get below 60fps. lol, in CS, i got 102 fps just for one time, i didnt know how. type fpsmax 100. P4 3.2GHZ kingstone 1GB DDR 3200 ABIT AS8 mobo Nvidia geforce 6800 128mb Soundblaster 24-bit audigy 2 520W PSU